Dear friends,
please find below the latest figures complied by Defense for Children International - Palestine (DCI - Palestine) on the continuing detention of Palestinian children by Israeli Occupation Forces.
Please find also a link to The No Way to Treat a Child campaign, which is being run by DCI-Palestine. The campaign seeks to challenge Israel's prolonged military occupation of Palestinians by exposing widespread and systematic ill-treatment of Palestinian children in the Israeli military detention system. It is a project of Defense for Children International - Palestine and American Friends Service Committee.
You can access the campaign by clicking here.
in solidarity, Kim
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Israel has the dubious distinction of being the only country in the world that systematically prosecutes between 500 and 700 children in military courts each year.
The charts below show the number of Palestinian children held in Israeli detention at the end of each month. The figures are compiled by Defense for Children International - Palestine from sources including the Israeli Prison Service (IPS) and Israeli army temporary detention facilities.
DETENTION DATA: FEBRUARY 2016
At the end of February, a total of 440 Palestinian children were imprisoned in the Israeli military detention system. This is the highest number of child detainees since data became available in January 2008.For comprehensive detention data, click here.
